Digital SSL Certificate

You need an SSL certificate if you are accepting credit card payments online through a merchant account. Even the authorities like credit card associations and networks make it a necessity for you to have an SSL certificate. This is because there is a transmission of critical information like card number, card holder’s name, card expiration date, CVV code etc. Getting an SSL certificate involved is an important aspect of making your website PCI compliant (A set of rules that have to be followed for accepting credit card payments). Moreover, an informed customer knows about website security and before making any purchase from your website, he / she confirms if your shopping cart is secure. You might lose out on potential customers if you have not secured your website with an SSL certificate.

The green address bar gives an indication to the user that your business is legitimate. The green bar is only available with the ‘TrueBusinessID’ SSL certificate. Moreover, the major web browsers have incorporated anti-phishing protection so that the known phishing websites will display a red address bar. As a result of this, a positive impact is created for the businesses that opt for a ‘TrueBusinessID’ SSL certificate.

In order to find out what kind of SSL certificate is used, the user simply has to click on the expeditedssl icon on the left hand side of the browser and he / she will get the information about the SSL certificate or the security of the website.

CSR stands for ‘Certificate Signing Request’. CSR is the special key that is generated by the web server by using the unique private key of that server. The CSR is sent to the certificate issuer that generates the final SSL certificate. Once you sign up for any of the SSL certificates, AGM Web Hosting will take care of the CSR process.

The minimum contract period for the SSL certificate is one year. Once the SSL is installed it cannot be cancelled.